The question of leadership often comes up when discussing growth or succession plans with clients. The typical statements I hear are “where do I find good leaders?”, “I don’t want to give up the reigns” or “no one can run my business like me”.
If you truly want to grow and eventually sell your business, you need talented leaders in place below you, and you need them now.
They are most likely sat right under your nose. What you need to do is identify them and then develop them into leaders. You need to fill your management team with leadership and learning development.
This means you, if you want to appeal to your existing employees and keep them in-house, you must develop them.
Here are my tips to help keep your employees engaged, loyal and on their toes in a competitive marketplace.
The war on talent is everywhere. If you want to keep your staff loyal, motivated and produce brilliant leaders, develop and nurture them as your own because they are yours (for now), so look after them.
We’d love to hear your thoughts on developing leaders of the future. Get in touch with one of our trusted advisors to see if we can help you develop your management team.
Howard Greenwood, Co-Founder & Director at Jump Advisory